The world’s largest development bank investor in private healthcare is hoping to finalise numerous deals in sub-Saharan Africa over the next six months, with the first set to be announced this week, according to the regional head of health.
Operating in 25 countries and across four continents, Sphera Global Health Care is building a global network of local expertise. Working mainly with insurers, the group acts as a middle man to assist access to international-standard medical services through local infrastructure – if it is not available. We speak to CEO Teo Sarda.
Colombia has universal and generally well respected public healthcare coverage, yet there are still millions who take out private insurance. Healthcare Nova talks to Wilson Mayora Mogollon, who is responsible for healthcare at Fasecolda, the body which represents private insurance companies, to find out more about the market.
Can you make a successful business educating doctors and nurses? You can if the growth of the world’s largest higher education network, Laureate, is anything to go by. Healthcare Nova catches up with Dr. Francisco Gutierrez, senior vice president of medicine and health sciences.
UAE-based hospital chain and distribution specialists NMC posted strong results for H1 2017, with net profit up 39%, as soaring sales and successful acquisitions sent the share price to an all-time high.
Contreras gives an overview of private healthcare services sector in Mexico. He highlights prospects in the low cost sector which is aiming squarely at the majority of Mexicans. And he also looks at imaging, labs, outsourcing and the established players. As an investor, how does he expect the sector to develop over the next five years?
Quadria is one of the largest investors in private health care services in the region. Here Abrar looks at how he sees prospects at the sub-sector level for the industry and names the main players before looking at likely margin and revenue growth. He goes onto look at how to best define target markets and asks to what extent private groups can and should target low cost, mass markets.
What does private health care services really look like today in Sub-Saharan Africa? Here Egbe, a former World Bank/IFC staff who has advised on the sector across the continent, digs into the data, sizing markets and operators. She goes on to look the trends which promise to transform the industry over the next decade.
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